• DocumentCode
    852326
  • Title

    All-optical logic XOR using differential scheme and Mach-Zehnder interferometer

  • Author

    Chen, H. ; Zhu, G. ; Wang, Q. ; Jaques, J. ; Leuthold, J. ; Piccirilli, A.B. ; Dutta, N.K.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Connecticut Univ., Storrs, CT, USA
  • Volume
    38
  • Issue
    21
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    10/10/2002 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1271
  • Lastpage
    1273
  • Abstract
    All-optical Boolean XOR logic using a differential phase modulation scheme of the semiconductor optical amplifier-based Mach-Zehnder interferometer (SOA-MZI) proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The scheme is tested at 10 Gbit/s with full duty cycle operation. The proposed method is attractive because the speed of operation is not limited by the carrier recovery time of the SOA.
  • Keywords
    Boolean algebra; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical logic; optical modulation; phase modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 10 Gbit/s; Boolean logic; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; SOA; all-optical logic XOR; carrier recovery time; differential phase modulation scheme; full duty cycle operation; semiconductor optical amplifier;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20020882
  • Filename
    1043715